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Gopher Extermination Colton

Gopher Pest Control in Colton, CA

If rodents like gophers are damaging your Colton property and you need Gopher Extermination service call Rodent Guys to save your landscape. Our Gopher Extermination service in Colton, CA is available using pet friendly methods by well trained trappers. Call us at 909-599-4711 to service Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange and Riverside counties.

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Any gopher control Colton California needs is from the pocket gopher which is exactly the same thing as a gopher. The majority damages is to new plants because they’re young, un-established but it does not take a whole lot gnawing for a gopher to eliminate or feed on it. Lawn is seriously impacted by gophers with damages from both the eating from the grass along with the earth moved at the top as well as staying on the lawn which will smothers it.

Giant trees normally takes nibbling for a while so no worries. Smaller trees are usually killed by way of a gopher promptly since the roots offering the life to your tree are immature. You might find particular branches of trees or bushes start to die out whenever gophers are harming it. This is due to the roots supplying life to that an area of the plant is compromised or killed from the gopher and without any longer providing life to that part of the plant you are growing.

How Do I Know if I need service?

Gopher mounds with exit hole

Gopher Mound

Pocket gopher burrows are almost always stuffed wth dirt like in the picture above. This helps to tell them apart from other tunneling rodents like voles. They can make one to three mounds a day which is why you want to get rid of gophers immediately on your landscape. Gopher removal (not gofer removal ) is commonly done by a gopher specialist pest control company with experience with how to eradicate gophers for your home. Always make sure they have an agriculture pest control license as required by California state law in and not just a structural license.

Damage and why we need Removal

Gophers eat plants, tree roots, ornamental flowers and vegetables on your garden – if it’s a plant they most likely will eatwll consume|like} it. Most damage is to new plants because they are small, un-established and it does not} take a lot for a gopher to destroy or eat it. Lawn is also highly impacted by gophers with damage from both the eating of the lawn and the soil pushed up and sitting on the turf which kills it.

Large trees can take chewing for a little bit so not to panic. Smaller trees can be destroyed by a gopher in a short time because the roots supplying the nutrients to the tree are undeveloped. You will notice certain branches of trees or bushes start to dry out when gophers are damaging them. This is caused by the roots giving life to that part of the plant is damaged or killed by the gopher and no longer supplying life to that part of the tree you are growing in.

The best control methods for gopher extermination are burrow fumigants, bait, burrow blasting, Tunnel Fill, and trapping. Trapping, Tunnel Fill and baiting are methods that a home owner can use with some success. Burrow Blasting is normally done by a company serious about gophers (we use a Varmint Getter for burrow blasting) due to the cost of the blaster.

Burrow fumigants are extremely useful but are restricted materials in, only available to and used by licensed technicians like us. Burrow fumigants are not the same as the smoke bombs from the Lowes which are seldom successful.

Poison baits used by agriculture pest control professionals are much higher strength and effective than what is available to a homeowner. The main reason to hire a gopher expert is the experience of what technique to use for each property and proper placement of fumigants and or bait for effective removal of gophers.

Using water to force them out

Flooding can be effective on farms where the entire crop area is flooded and there is nowhere for a gopher to go. On your property you are going to attempt to flood the gopher with a hose in the hole. The problem is the water usually never fills up the burrow and the gopher simply raises his nose above the water line until you begin to be concerned about the cost of water in Colton and shut it off.

Repellers

There are no repellents in Colton available at the present time that have been proved to provide good Gopher Extermination. Several plants, such as gopher purge and cantor bean have been said to offer relief, but these claims have never been authenticated. If they really worked to get rid of gophers you would not be reading this site.

Keep gophers out of your lawn using physical barriers can be effective for small projects. Any large project, such as placing fencing around the perimeter of your backyard would cost too much. Plus this would at best only give short-term control. At some point gophers find a way in.

Above ground flower beds can be protected by placing a 1/4 inch galvanized hardware cloth below the bed and securing it to the 2×6 wood frame before filling with soil in your yard.

Calif DFG position

When gophers are causing damage to you Colton property, they are allowed to be killed by all allowable method. Allowable ways include gopher traps and poison bait used by the owner or tenant of the property. Any poison bait used to kill gophers must be registered for gophers on the product label and follow the instructions carefully.

Rodent Guys Rodent Services

We will come out to provide Gopher Extermination services in Colton using the best ways based on each property such as fumigation. Depending on tunnel locations poison baits are used in place of fumigation of tunnels. Gopher Extermination is a tough job for the novice, we have a lot of experience with it.

Captured two Gophers

This is head honcho of Rodent Guys, Nick Nielsen, with 2 gophers, one caught in a gopher trap and one controlled with strychnine. Nick and his team of Gopher Extermination experts will be showing off trophies like these at the end of your project.

We Service Most areas in the following counties:

Los Angeles County, Ventura, San Bernardino County, Orange County and Riverside County